Dieter Steinwender vs Rene Gralla (1972)

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Dieter Steinwender vs Rene Gralla
Bismarck High School Chess Club casual (1972), Elmshorn FRG, Sep-13
Spanish Game: Schliemann Defense. Exchange Variation (C63) · 0-1

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Jun-23-13		Nightsurfer: There are three grave errors in this game. First it is Black who blunders: After 4.Bxc6?!? dxc6 5.Nxe5 ... please see the diagram as follows ... click for larger view ... Black misses the chance of immediately winning back his lost Pawn by 5.... Qd4! (6.Qh5+?! g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxg6+ Kd8, and it is doubtful whether the three Pawns plus that attacking position by White Queen are worth a piece) but meekly plays 5. ... Nf6? ... and should be punished by the loss of that game. But then it is White who blunders: He tries out the creative idea of an "exchange" by 8.Nxc6? ... please see the diagram as follows ... click for larger view ... with the vision of 8.... bxc6 9.e5! ... - and hopefully winning back the piece due to that fork - but losing the piece instead after 9....Nd5! 10.exd6 Nxf4 11.Qf3?!? Qxd6 And, to make things worse - but funny as well! - , White stumbles into a situation that makes him overlook that after 17.Nc4? ... please see the diagram as follows ... click for larger view ... the ghost of lovely, but treacherous <"ANASTASIA"> and her dreaded <"CHECKMATE"> will haunt him forever ... ... since Black gladly answers 17.... Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Qxh2+!, and now, by facing the notorious <"CHECKMATE of ANASTASIA"> (the latter dancing on to its <210th jubilee> on <June 22nd, 2013> - please see the postings of June 22nd, 2013, on the page of Giambattista Lolli), White hastily resigns, of course ...

Nov-22-13		Nightsurfer: There is an interesting parallel case with regard to the position of Black Knight on e2 at the beginning of the end of this game here <Dieter Steinwender vs Rene Gralla (1972)>, namely after <17.Nc4? ... >, please check out the diagram as follows ... click for larger view ... - that very foothold of Black Knight on e2 being the chance for Black to execute the <Mate of Anastasia> with <17. ... Bxc4 18.Qxc4?? Qxh2+!>, please see the diagram as follows ... click for larger view ... and with the consequence of the immediate surrender by White King <19.resigns> because White does not want to face the otherwise all too painful consequences of <19.Kxh2 Rh6+>, please see the diagram as follows ... click for larger view ... , as leading to a desperate, but hopeless suicide mission by White Queen <20.Qh4 ...> and the final stroke <20. ... Rxh4#>, please see the diagram as follows ... click for larger view ... as being the hypothetical final position of this game here <Dieter Steinwender vs Rene Gralla (1972)> - ... ... and the corresponding position of Black Knight on e2 just before the climax of the game J Gast vs E Bhend, 1987 after <31. ... Ne2+>, please see the diagram as follows ... click for larger view ... - that very foothold of Black Knight on e2 being the key for Black to execute <The Mate of Anastasia> after <32.Kh1 ...> with <32. ... Qxh2+!>, please see the diagram as follows ... click for larger view ... - thus forcing White to throw in the towel <33.resigns> in a situation as hopeless as in this game here <Dieter Steinwender vs Rene Gralla (1972)> after <18. ... Qxh2+!>; with regard to the latter game <Dieter Steinwender vs Rene Gralla (1972)> please compare once more again the diagram as follows: click for larger view

Jan-18-14		Nightsurfer: One more case of the famous <"CHECKMATE of ANASTASIA"> OTB: T Voronova vs Vo Hong Phuong, 2000 ... 28 years after this game here <Dieter Steinwender vs Rene Gralla (1972)>.

Jan-19-14		Nightsurfer: This game here <Dieter Steinwender vs Rene Gralla (1972)> demonstrates the basic constellation of the famous <MATE of ANASTASIA> - whereas a more sophisticated version of the <MATE of ANASTASIA> has stunned the spectators in the game as follows: J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003! The latter was a devastating strike by <HAMMER> ... hitting the head of poor Mr. Jon Ludvig Hammer! :-D

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